war against whistleblowers and government leaks and we spoke in great depth about the case of thomas drake former n.s.a. senior official who the government tried to convict of ten felony charges some by using the espionage act but in reality drake has shared information about waste fraud and abuse of the n.s.a. with a reporter from the goals of course and none of that information was classified now it also took the justice department two and a half years to indict him after waiting his home after years of persecution by the government the threat of thirty five years behind bars and a financial burden of fighting for his freedom just a few months ago all the charges. suddenly dropped and drake played guilty to only one misdemeanor charge of unauthorized computer access now what's important to note here is that this is a case carried over from the bush administration and it pursued actively by the obama administration the same administration that promised to be the most open and the most transparent you have the same one that's launched a full war on whistleblowers and to use as you know jac

now tonight we're going to speak with thomas drake progress a official and whistleblower about his case and the obama administration's war on leakers and we'll look at a pentagon spin machine regarding the daily helicopter crash in afghanistan and left thirty u.s. service members that yesterday the military told us that they got the guy that shot the helicopter down but don't really believe them and then let's talk about polygamy why do so many americans disapprove of it does it affect their view of mormon's people like presidential candidates mitt romney and jon huntsman and can polygamy and democracy go hand in hand we're going to look at all of that and more tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has decided to miss. the riots in london and other english cities haven't quite stopped but they are quieting down could be because british prime minister david cameron is how the author already start cracking down. british prime minister david cameron says his government is acting aggressively to restore order following some deadly ri

as we first reported in may, one of those agency insiders was thomas drake, who thought that taxpayer money was being wasted on useless intelligence gathering projects while promising technology was ignored. drake tried to get the word out. but as a result, he was charged under the espionage act and accused of betraying his country. tom drake says the only thing he betrayed was nsa mismanagement that undermined national security. after a long career in u.s. intelligence, tom drake never imagined he'd be labeled an enemy of the united states. as a young airman, he flew spy missions in the cold war. in the navy-- here with president clinton-- he analyzed intelligence for the joint chiefs at the pentagon. later, he worked for defense contractors in the highly technical world of electronic eavesdropping. he became expert in sophisticated, top secret computer software, and ultimately rose, in 2001, to a senior executive job at the national security agency. >> thomas drake: my first day on the job was 9/11. >> pelley: your first day on the job was 9/11? >> drake: was 9/11. nsa went into imm

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